Babunski playing for Barcelona B in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Babunski | ||
Date of birth | 1 March 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Skopje, Macedonia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
Gramenet | |||
2006–2013 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Barcelona B | 48 | (1) |
2016 | Red Star Belgrade | 11 | (0) |
2017– | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2010–2011 | Macedonia U17 | 4 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Macedonia U19 | 3 | (1) |
2012– | Macedonia U21 | 24 | (5) |
2013– | Macedonia | 9 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
David Babunski (Macedonian: Давид Бабунски; born 1 March 1994) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Japanese club Yokohama F. Marinos.
A product of FC Barcelona's La Masia, he played for their reserves before transferring to Red Star Belgrade in January 2016, winning the Serbian SuperLiga in his first season.
Babunski has been capped by the Macedonia football team at international level, making his senior debut in 2013.
Born in Skopje, Babunski joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2006, aged 12, after starring at UDA Gramenet. In December 2011, he was elected Macedonian Young Sportsperson of the Year, ahead of karatekas Aziz Ismail and Berat Jakupi.
Babunski was promoted to the reserves in June 2013, and made his professional debut on 24 August, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 home win against CD Lugo for the Segunda División championship. He scored his first goal on 31 May 2014, netting a last-minute winner in a 4–3 home success over AD Alcorcón.
He played 16 games in 2014–15, a campaign which ended with relegation to Segunda División B. On 28 February 2015, as a half-time substitute for Juan Cámara, he received a straight red card in a 2–4 loss to RCD Mallorca at the Mini Estadi.